Shoe Hospital

3 pairs of shoes needing love and a great job completed by the Shoe Hospital. Nice friendly staff member and efficient service.

This place is not closed down it is still open! The owner was very upset when I told him it says its closed down online, hopefully Unilocal will update this soon.
Fantastic job done on my boots, stitched the zip for free to save me paying for a new one, and new grip soles and heels are excellent. He even polished them too! Highly recommend.

I wouldn’t give this guy a review at all, if it wasn’t that the others have been so unanimously positive. I have to add a note of caution.
He’s a friendly fellow and seems to like his job, but I would not rate «care» as his notable virtue.
I brought in a pair of shoes and two pairs of boots for heel repair. The shoes he did well, but both pairs of boots came back weirdly balanced. One one pair I think he raised the height of the heel, and on the other he kind of angled the heel forward, totally against my wishes. He said he did this because it would last longer that way.
I asked him to file down the angled heel and he did, but I tried them on and they still felt weird so I asked him to do it again… so he did… and after that I just took them home, unwilling to pressure the guy. But the truth be told, even after the filing, the boots still feel weird and I drag my heels in them.

REALLY fast turnaround time (amazing!) — prices are on the higher side but the guy did an excellent job. I needed the heels of two pairs of boots replaced, dropped them off and they were ready for pickup the next day.
This place is a hole in the wall (no really, it is!) so it’s more of a clinic than a hospital! :)

It’s tiny and you might not even know it’s there. Hell, you might not even know the street is there; but if you can make your way to Holles Street, on the street parallel to that — closer to the canal — is one of the best cobblers in town. He can do pretty much anything, is moderately priced, and works fast. I’ve only ever gone to him once with each pair of shoes. His repairs last.

Let’s keep this one short and sweet:
The loveliest (and priciest) boots in my closet needed some doctoring and I had just a lunch hour to seek attention.
Answer: The Shoe Hospital.
Not as big as the name would suggest, and staffed by just one pleasant chappie with a stack of shoes behind him and a day’s turnaround for incoming patients. Price — a little higher than expected for a pair of boots (TEN euro?) — but for these babies I can spare the cash.
The diagnosis? Treatment was successful, and I’m rarely in need of places like this but it’s good to know something reliable is just down the street.